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•T he IFP• H alton H ills, Tuesday, January 29, 2013 3 2013 GBA Registration NOW OPEN Please register online at: www.georgetownbaseball.ca For further information contact the offi ce 905-877-3748 HONDA georgetownhonda.ca MODEL CR2E3DE MODEL RM3H3DES MODEL FB2E2DEX MODEL CR2E3DE All New MODEL FB2E2DEX All All New Fire crews from Georgetown and Acton were frustrated by bitter cold, strong winds and bales of hay Wednes- day afternoon as a driving shed beside a Winston Churchill Blvd. farmhouse was largely destroyed by fi re. No one was at home at the time of the blaze, which was called in to the Halton Hills Fire Depart- ment at approximately 12:30 p.m. by a neighbour. When fi refi ghters arrived, fl ames were visible coming through the roof. There was approximately $30,000 worth of damage caused by heat and smoke to the contents of the shed including an SUV, motorcycle, car parts and tools. No one was injured. The Fire De- partment didn't set a damage estimate on the building, which was not insured. A spokesperson for the Fire Depart- ment said the owner was going to demolish the remainder of the building. The cause of the blaze is undetermined. Photo by Eamonn Maher Driving shed gutted Police crime mapping to improve safety-- chief Incidents refl ected on the map will be shown within 100 numbers of the address, to protect individual's privacy, while still being within the general vi- cinity to give people an accurate idea of crime in their neighbourhood. The crime mapping data will include police-dispatched calls for property damage, sexual assault, assault, rob- bery, break and enter, theft, impaired driving, homicide, attempted murder, offensive weapons, drug-related offenc- es, and various traffi c-related offences such as impaired driving, hit and run, and motor vehicle injuries and fatali- ties. "Information is power," Tanner add- ed. "We hope that by giving the com- munity this information, it will help them understand crime trends and bet- ter enable them to assist us in prevent- ing crime in their neighbourhoods." The public can access the free crime data through the Service's website or through the CrimeReports iPhone app, available for free download in the Ap- ple iTunes store. The new service even lets local citizens sign up for free cus- tomizable email updates, so they can monitor crime in their neighborhood, or click to link to the CrimeStoppers of Halton website to fi le an anonymous crime tip. The HRPS asks the public to keep a few things in mind when accessing the software: • In order to access the data, people will need to fi rst read and click a dis- claimer • It takes a few minutes for the map data to load, depending on your inter- net connection. Please be patient. • Map data is based on dispatched calls, not completed investigations so therefore incident codes may change. "Police are often dispatched to a call that initially may be reported as a one type of crime and later turn out to be unfounded or another type of crime. In such a case, the call will appear on the map as initially reported but later be removed or changed," explained Tan- ner. "The crime map data is as accurate as possible, but not 100 per cent fool- proof given the evolving nature of po- lice investigations." Other Ontario police services shar- ing their crime information with the public through CrimeReports include those in Ottawa and Kingston. Continued from pg. 1 All New